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U.S. will send immigrants to Greece and Italy

The Biden administration is planning to refer some migrants in Latin America for resettlement in Greece and Italy as part of another effort to discourage people in the region from traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border, two people familiar with the government's plans told CBS News.

The initiative would involve Greece and Italy welcoming migrants processed at immigration offices that the Biden administration set up last year in four Latin American countries to screen migrants who hope to reach the U.S., the sources said, requesting anonymity to discuss arrangements that have yet to be announced.

The centers, officially known as Safe Mobility Offices, allow certain migrants in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Guatemala to apply to come to the U.S. or other countries legally. Under the new arrangements, Greece and Italy would join Canada and Spain in resettling some of those processed at the offices. One of the sources said Italy and Greece would likely accept a relatively small number of migrants, roughly 500 or fewer each.

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 @BetrayedD3mocratVeteran from Texas  commented…2yrs2Y

Ahhh, more election pandering. Biden has the power to close the border, but doesn’t.

Has he asked Italy and Greece about that? Italy has severe illegal immigration problems now.

 @FluentV0terGreen from Mississippi  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Italy struggles with getting workers. Nations across the world are using this program.

 @WorldlyFishPeace and Freedom from Tennessee  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Africans selling sunglasses in Greece and Italy aren't boosting the economy

 @ElectoralBitternMountainfrom Maryland  disagreed…2yrs2Y

What kind of workers? They need doctors, engineers, nurses, etc. Highly skilled professionals.

 @CheerfulBitternRepublicanfrom Colorado  commented…2yrs2Y

Yah, after he flew in over 300,000 criminal aliens on direct flights from their countries.

Stop trying to cover up the past 3 years.

 @Bi11R1ghtsCicadaDemocrat from Wyoming  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Of all the things that didn’t happen, this didn’t happen the most

 @Un1onKittenSocialistfrom Virginia  commented…2yrs2Y

Greek here. Actually I'm fine with the Idea. We do already have immigrantes from S America and as we are culturly similare they have been integrated just fine. Unlike, and I'm sad to say, others from midle east and n. Africa

 @9NB9CZMRepublican from Texas  commented…2yrs2Y

We should be stopping the crossing of illegal immigrants instead of stressing where they should be sent

 @GrizzledSheepPatriot from Connecticut  commented…2yrs2Y

Ok... As if those countries don't have enough African migraines flooding their borders

 @Pe0plesPartyXerusNo Labelsfrom Texas  commented…2yrs2Y

So the US will fly migrants who want to enter the US to other countries for resettlement, if I'm understanding this correctly?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

If you were in the shoes of a migrant, how important would the final destination country be to you, and why?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

How would the arrival of migrants from Latin America potentially enrich the cultural and social fabric of European countries like Greece and Italy?

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